IIT-JEE 2013: IIT Delhi alumni reject new entrance test formula
Editorial Team3184|14Last Updated:09:25 am, June 29, 2012
IIT Delhi Alumni Association rejected the human resource development (HRD) ministry's new formula for tests for entrance into the premier institutes and demanded a status quo in 2013.
The ministry's fresh proposal enables only the top 20 percent scorers of any board in Class 12 exam to enter the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
The association's decision was taken here after a two-hour meeting with representatives of IIT faculty, following a compromise between the HRD ministry and IIT Council Wednesday over the entrance exam pattern for admission to engineering institutes.
As per the new formula, there will be a "main" test for the top 20 percent scorers of all boards, and then a final "advanced" exam, under the IITs supervision, for the top 150,000 applicants. The new format will come into effect from 2013, if accepted by the ministry.
"The 20 percent criteria and 2013 to be the beginning year of the new proposal stands rejected because such patch-work solutions have been taken in haste to meet deadlines," said a statement by the association.
The HRD ministry and IIT Council Wednesday agreed to have a new two-stage entrance test formula proposed by the IITs following opposition from some of the premier institutes to the single entrance examination mooted by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal. The meeting was attended by directors of all IITs.
As per the new formula, All India Engineering Entrance Examination and and IIT-Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) will be combined in a common entrance test.
The association said that the new formula was contrary to the objectives set out by the ministry and "prejudicial to the interests of the present students of Class 12 and from rural India where school education is in a shambles."
The association said that it will wait for the decision of the senates.
"We will follow up with the senates on the question of 20 percentile and 2013 to be the beginning year," said the statement.
"We want status quo till 2013 and in the meantime we expect deliberations to meet the diverse objectives of the HRD ministry, the IITs and other stake holders," it added.
Copyright: IANS
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Comments:
new system is not good bcoz our country needs innovators for development not toppers......<br /> if a student got 60% marks in the past year nd has the capability to join iits. i meant to say that if a student pass the advanced test nd he passed boards exam with 60%.then? i think this is not a right process to choose a good student for iit.......we really need innovators for development not toppers....this is the right time to realise this..
sir this criteria will only lead to increase in suicide rate ...and nothintg else
Dear PARENTS Students,<br /> Please file a petition on and against HRD decision(Mr. Kapil Sibal) for conducting JEE Main And Advanced for implementation on and before 2013 in all high-courts.<br /> The petition can be filed for:<br /> 1. No. of people affected by the decision.<br /> 2. Areas of concern.<br /> 3. Implementation Issues.<br /> 4. Time plan implications.<br /> 5. Human resource mischief.<br /> <br /> And most affected part of students 2012 pass-out shall be out of this permutation enforced by HRD.
Dear PARENTS Students,<br /> Please file a petition on and against HRD decision(Mr. Kapil Sibal) for conducting JEE Main And Advanced for implementation on and before 2013 in all high-courts/Supreme court.<br /> The petition can be filed for:<br /> 1. No. of people affected by the decision.<br /> 2. Areas of concern.<br /> 3. Implementation Issues.<br /> 4. Time plan implications.<br /> 5. Human resource mischief.<br /> <br /> And most affected part of students 2012 pass-out shall be out of this permutation enforced by HRD.<br /> <br /> This will acknowledge Mr. HRD the power of Indian Youth.
sir if a student got 60% marks in the past year nd has the capability to join iits. i meant to say that if a student pass the advanced test nd he passed boards exam with 60%.then? i think this is not a right process to choose a good student for iit.
naya formet one year pehle batana chaiye tha . if iit naya formet lagu kare to 2014 se karna chayie.
hello mr.sibal pls hamara aieee ke tisre chance ke bare mai socho.pls give our third chance
for god's sake postpone it to 2014. why create so much of confusion at this late stage for class 12 students. At least IIT directors should not become a party to such non sensical proposal by MHRD. Why can not it be decided that it is being postponed to 2014 and have thereafter open, transparent and logical discussion for say about 3-4 months and thereafter finalise proposal for its implementation from 2014. those who say that discussion have been going on for 2 years or so, my request is if they have waited for so much, why not wait for another 3-4 months. please do not implement an illogical proposal just because some selective discussions have been done by selective people with whom all (god only knows) for two years. Is there any written law, that after two years any proposal would be implemented. No. So best in everyone's interest is that it is postponed to 2014.
(1) Why is there so much hurry to implement the new formt in 2013 only?<br /> (2) What is the purpose of new format? To increase or to reduce the burden on students? <br /> (3) Why did the representatives from IITs agree to the propoal of HRD in first place? <br /> (4) What are NITs doing? Don't they feel perplexed in this environment of uncertainities?<br /> (4) Is it ever felt that the correct time would have been to implement when new batch of <br /> students will get enrolled in class XI ,i.e, the correct time, in present scenerio, will be <br /> not earlier than 2014.<br /> <br /> I earnesty request all who is who of this process to give a serious thought. Please don't hurry up unnecessarily. Because I feel responsible and am not able to answer my son's queries who is also one of the confused aspirants for 2013.
It should not start from 2013, already students are entered in class XII. It is very difficult to cope with new systems immediately